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In United States federal courts, magistrate judges are judges appointed to assist U.S. district court judges in the performance of their duties. Magistrate judges generally oversee first appearances of criminal defendants, set bail, and conduct other administrative duties. The position of magistrate judge or magistrate also exists in some ...
Moxila A. Upadhyaya (pronunciation ⓘ) is a United States magistrate judge. Before becoming a magistrate judge in September 2022, she was a partner at the law firm Venable LLP. As a magistrate judge, Upadhyaya has presided over preliminary and limited matters for cases, including the arraignment in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump ...
As of September 18, 2024 [update], the United States Senate has confirmed 212 Article III judges nominated by Biden: one associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 44 judges for the United States courts of appeals, 165 judges for the United States district courts and two judges for the United States Court of International Trade.
President Joe Biden nominates U.S. magistrate in South Carolina to federal judgeship. Here’s what to know.
She was chief U.S. magistrate judge for the district from October 2020 to December 2021. [2] On September 8, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Thurston to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. On September 20, 2021, her nomination was sent to ...
List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama. Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary.
A United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma since 1999, Bacharach's nomination failed to receive enough votes to invoke cloture. [172] While Republicans had no objection to Bachrach himself, they contended that the consideration of his nomination came too late in a presidential ...
The United States courts of appeals were established by the Judiciary Act of 1891 as "United States circuit courts of appeals" (the name was changed to its current form in 1948). The act authorized 19 appellate judgeships in 9 circuits. Since then, the number of authorized appellate judgeships has increased to 179.